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thfuranlast Thursday at 1:31 AM1 replyview on HN

You're suggesting that we ought to pass laws to reflect colloquial usage of all words that are also used in a technical sense in a legal context?


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lxgrlast Thursday at 1:39 AM

The words are irrelevant; outcomes matter.

And yes, why on Earth should laws not have the outcomes that the citizens electing the government that passes them expect?

If people don't want a thing they call monopoly or any other word (and wanting that does not violate or contradict other norms or constitutional principles they want even more) isn't that what they should get in a democracy?